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Edwards Scores Iowa Labor Nod

Posted Oct 15, 07 6:04 PM CDT in Politics,  US 

(Newser) – Iowa service workers backed John Edwards today, and their huge 650,000-member California branch followed suit along with 8 other chapters. SEIU's support gives Edwards about 1 million possible foot soldiers and attendees in his make-it-or-break-it drive for an upset victory at the Iowa caucus. Endorsements from other sizable SEIU chapters will follow, Dem officials say. 

Edwards has courted labor more than other hopefuls, but the national SEIU stung him last week by refusing to endorse. SEIU workers can compensate by going to Iowa to help, and councils that picked other candidates—Illinois and Indiana tapped Obama today—must stay out of the cornfields altogether because Iowa’s branch backed Edwards, the New York Times reports. 

Sources New York Times, Atlantic Monthly

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In a photo provided by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), janitors and their supporters participate in the Justice for Janitors march, in the Century City section of Los Angeles, Friday,...   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., is introduced by home health care worker Pauline Beck, right, during a news conference in Oakland, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007. Obama worked...   (Associated Press)
In this photo released by SEIU, janitors and supporters rally in the Justice for Janitors march for better wages and access to affordable health care, in the Century City area of Los Angeles, Friday,...   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential hopeful, former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina, speaks during a campaign stop at a middle school in Hudson, N.H., Sunday, Oct. 14, 2007.(AP Photo/Jim Cole)   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards speaks to reporters on Thursday, Oct. 11, 2007 outside of Darlington High School in Darlington, S.C. after giving a speech to students. (AP Photo/Willis Glassgow)   (Associated Press)
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